Jeremiah 40:3

and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, speaks to Jeremiah after Jerusalem’s fall. He explains that the destruction is the direct result of Israel’s covenant failure.

The words — וַ/יַּ֛עַשׂ (va/i.Ya.'as) means “he has done,” paired with כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֵּ֑ר (ka./'a.Sher di.Ber) meaning “just as he said.” These terms frame the disaster as executed divine speech rather than random history.

The thread — The link between covenant disobedience and fulfilled judgment runs through Daniel 9:11 and Jeremiah 50:7, while Romans 2:5 notes that unrepentant hearts accumulate wrath for the day of God’s judgment.

Why it lands — The text states that disaster occurs because the people sinned against Yahweh and refused to obey His voice. It requires the reader to recognize that God’s spoken decree determines historical outcomes and demands unflinching accountability.

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The Hebrew words

וַיָּבֵ֥אva/i.ya.Ve'and/ he has brought [it]וַיַּ֛עַשׂva/i.Ya.'asand/ he has done יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka./'a.Sherjust/ as דִּבֵּ֑רdi.Berhe said כִּֽי־ki-for חֲטָאתֶ֤םcha.ta.Temyou sinned לַֽיהוָה֙la./Yah.wehto/ Yahweh וְלֹֽא־ve./lo'-and/ not שְׁמַעְתֶּ֣םshe.ma'.Temyou listened בְּקוֹל֔וֹbe./ko.L/oto/ voice/ his וְהָיָ֥הve./ha.Yahand/ it has happenedלָכֶ֖םla./Khemto <the>/ youהַדָּבָ֥רha./da.varthe/ thing הַזֶּֽה׃ha./Zeh<the>/ this

King James Version

Now the Lord hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

Cross-references

Romans 2:5 But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
Jeremiah 50:7 All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
Daniel 9:11 All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.
Deuteronomy 29:25 And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Nehemiah 9:28 But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
Nehemiah 9:33 You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.